Musik unserer Zeit

This highly complex and virtuosic ensemble work shows that even in his 80s Sir Peter Maxwell Davies shows no signs of taking it easy. Composed in Italy in 2012, The Trojan Games depicts a sequence of...

The starting point was the collected letters of Vincent van Gogh. In spite of the tragedies for which van Gogh is best known, his letters are filled with joyous exuberance for the practical considerat...

Je ne parle pas français ; mais à l'époque, j'ai découvert que je pouvais dire des choses extraordinaires dans cette langue en utilisant des mots employés dans les deux langues. C'est ainsi qu'est né...

Jon Lord dedicated the Suite for string orchestra to Sir Malcolm Arnold who is portrayed in the first movement. Another two musical pictures (his mother and an old friend) make the study of analogies...

I: für Saiteninstrumente und Schlagzeug - II: für Streichquartett oder Streichinstrumente - III: für Kammerensemble (und Stimme ad libitum) - IV: für Orchester

Dirigier- und Studienpartitur

When asked what the theme of his play was, Wilde answered 'That we should treat all trivial things in life very seriously, and all serious things in life with a sincere and studied triviality. Gerald...

When asked what the theme of his play was, Wilde answered 'That we should treat all trivial things in life very seriously, and all serious things in life with a sincere and studied triviality. Gerald...

King Leontes Eifersuchtsanfall führt zum Tod seiner ergebenen Ehefrau Hermione, kurz nachdem sie geboren hat. Leontes will das Baby töten lassen, doch viele Jahre später kommt die Wahrheit wie ein Kro...

King Leontes Eifersuchtsanfall führt zum Tod seiner ergebenen Ehefrau Hermione, kurz nachdem sie geboren hat. Leontes will das Baby töten lassen, doch viele Jahre später kommt die Wahrheit wie ein Kro...

Oper in zwei Teilen

Oper in zwei Teilen

Libretto nach Gozzi von Heinz von Cramer.

Libretto nach Gozzi von Heinz von Cramer.

Shchedrin has turned these well-known piano pieces into contemporary orchestral works without losing any of their verve and flavour. The transcriptions are based on movements in A minor, and in D majo...

Shchedrin has turned these well-known piano pieces into contemporary orchestral works without losing any of their verve and flavour. The transcriptions are based on movements in A minor, and in D majo...

En tant que l'un des jeunes compositeurs en vue du Pays de Galles, Huw Watkins représentait un choix idéal pour écrire une nouvelle œuvre destinée à célébrer le 60e anniversaire de Son Altesse Royale...

En tant que l'un des jeunes compositeurs en vue du Pays de Galles, Huw Watkins représentait un choix idéal pour écrire une nouvelle œuvre destinée à célébrer le 60e anniversaire de Son Altesse Royale...

This short work (4 minutes) was commissioned by the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral for their National Millennium Service for England and has since become popular with choirs everywhere. It ca...